Over 5,000 terrorists are on the CIS Anti-Terrorist Center’s wanted list, head of the center Andrei Novikov said, according to RIA Novosti.

The databank created by the center contains information about persons declared internationally wanted for terrorist activities, Novikov told a meeting of the CIS Council of interior ministers in St. Petersburg on Tuesday, September 6.

The center has obtained information about the whereabouts of about 1,200 people, the center head added.